Myanmar Armed Group Claims Captured Another Town on China Highway

Members of the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) walk along a road in Hsipaw on October 15, 2024. Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic armed group have seized another town along a strategic highway to China, the group and a resident said, in the latest setback for the embattled junta. AFP

Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic armed group have seized another town on a strategic highway to China, the group and a resident said, in the latest setback for the embattled junta.

Northern Shan state has been rocked by fighting since June when an alliance of ethnic armed groups renewed an offensive against the military along the highway to China’s Yunnan province.

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